Domain: Integration and Protocols

Integration and Protocols

API design, protocol selection, and integration patterns — the full spectrum from REST to gRPC to GraphQL with decision frameworks for each use case.

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  ((Integration and Protocols))
    (protocol comparison)
    (REST API)
    (gRPC)
    (GraphQL)

04-api-protocols-comparison

Master decision framework: REST vs gRPC vs GraphQL vs WebSocket vs SSE vs MQTT vs AMQP vs Webhooks vs SFTP vs FIX. Comparison tables, decision matrices, working code for each.

01-rest-api-design-and-consumption

Consuming and building REST APIs: authentication, pagination (4 patterns), rate limiting, backoff, async ingestion, FastAPI, curl reference, OpenAPI.

02-grpc-for-data-pipelines

Protocol Buffers, all 4 RPC types, Python server+client, interceptors, load balancing, GCP Cloud Run deployment. For high-throughput internal service communication.

03-graphql-for-data-access

Schema definition, queries/mutations/subscriptions, Strawberry+FastAPI, N+1/DataLoader, cursor pagination, federation. For flexible client-driven data access.